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We're going on a beetle hunt

This is a story about what it's like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.

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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’

Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.

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Australia’s summer weather heats up

Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.

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Wednesday, 06 Sep 2017
  • News

Better access to irrigation for farmers is key for climate change adaptation.

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Wednesday, 02 Aug 2017
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The ANU Research Forest at the National Arboretum Canberra is proving to be an ideal place to "see" trees and forests in a new way.

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Georgia Troup
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017
  • Education story

The objective of my study is to gain a thorough understanding of the behaviour of crop-raiding elephants in the Sagalla community of Taita Taveta, providing insight for the development of long-term, targeted management techniques aimed at reducing crop-raiding in the area.

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Eleanor Robson
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017
  • Student profile

I’ve been fascinated by the way that people think about the environment and balance it with other needs, and how this translates to social, political and economic choices.

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Monday, 05 Jun 2017
  • News

New research led by ANU finds that if irrigation systems are to successfully secure food supplies under a changing climate, western and national donors must invest in better scheme management rather than only investing in infrastructure.

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Dr Ceridwen Fraser
Monday, 05 Jun 2017
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The project will use a range of approaches from empirical molecular analyses, natural experiments of disturbance impact, and modelling / simulations, to better-understand the drivers of global biodiversity structure.

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Thursday, 04 May 2017
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The project is an international research collaboration with the Luc Hoffmann Institute, CSIRO, the Australian National University, the World Wildlife Fund (Colombia) and Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (National Parks).

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Thursday, 06 Apr 2017
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Two early-career environmental scientists are receiving a boost from the Australian Academy of Science with funding for their projects to enable bushfire risk to be mapped from space, and to conserve one of our most endangered animals. 

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Thursday, 30 Mar 2017
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Our objective is to make spatial information on environmental conditions easier and faster to access for interested users.

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